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Hoax

Friday, August 24, 2007

A new tv spot in Canada is offering grenade, rifle and minefield training for kids 8-12, but don't worry it's a hoax, but confused parents are getting caught in the crossfire anyway. The campaign centers on a fictional summer camp called Camp Okutta, which claims to teach pre-teens the art of war. It’s actually an ad campaign from War Child Canada aimed at raising awareness for child soldiers around the world. But one Toronto woman declared war on the posters upon seeing them on the street. “It just brought up so much anger in me,” says Sarah Heywood. “I immediately thought, ‘Wow, this is real, this is happening.’ ” Heywood decided to meet violence with violence, pulling down the posters, Rambo-like, “until my fingers were actually sore from tearing at the tape and ripping them off.”

Friday, February 02, 2007

Under advisement Peter Berdovsky, 27, and Sean Stevens, 28, were told not to talk about the charges they face after an ad campaign gone awry in Boston. Instead, they talk about hair through the ages... very funny.

Monday, January 30, 2006

The Beginning - When Daguerre's discovery of the art of photography was announced to the world in 1839, many scientists, such as Dr. Bird of Philadelphia, found the concept so extraordinary that they insisted the announcement had to be a hoax. Photography was, of course, quite real, but it has proven to be a favorite tool of hoaxers since its invention. What follows are some notorious photographic fakes arranged in chronological order from the Civil War to the present.

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Look What Blogging Bought Me!

2008 Honda Civic Hybrid

"How Much Money Are you Making By Blogging" question that I’m sure most of you are thinking. I will not get into specifics, but I will say that my car payment (60 month loan) is covered by the amount of income I generate from all of my blogs. And the good news is that each year that income continues to go up. Click here to read the rest of the story.